Micah.

I had a moment today.

One of those "shimmering shards of self-assurance" moments.

I stopped to save a small turtle in the road that I was very close to killing. I named the turtle MICAH. It was riding the center of the road, very close to one side but still at the point where one could argue that it was in both lanes simultaneously. I worried about the turtle and moved him into the grass, but I wonder if that's where he was going, and if I did him a disservice by putting him there. Though, there really is no way of knowing, he was barely moving...if he was moving at all.

I bestowed upon him my name. I often feel as though I am in-between two lanes of traffic, a dangerous situation. It would undoubtedly take ages to get to one side of the road that I'm on, and I fear stepping all the way in one lane would mean disaster. But I would starve my spirit by riding the middle.

There is nothing more dangerous than safety.

You can't have me

You can't give me what I need

Tried so hard, but you can't lead

I your vessel of despair

Will break free, I'll leave you there

You pour in me all your pain

But I will not go insane

Let this tiger out it's cage

There are little words to say

Boundless, I'll be free again

Through with paying for your sin

Observation From the Sidelines

I once knew a girl who lived

Expressions on a horn she'd blow

Expressions that the world would know

Followed where her heart would go

I once knew a girl who lived

Brash, erratic, like the sea

Dangerous, but scared of thee

She gave all her love to me

I once knew a girl who lived

We grabbed hands and held them tight

Valiantly battled through our plight

But she was lured into the night

I once knew a girl who lived

Who's laughter was infectious

Who's smile was contagious

Lost to the outrageous

I once knew a girl who lived

Who wouldn't ever know it

Who tried her best to love it

Who tried her best to show it

Ode to her bright sorrow.

My dear.

I will hold your picture frame

Even when you're gone

Though my heart won't be the same

We have reached our dawn

Your face will look and gleam at me

And I might shed a tear

For through your face my eyes did see

And look past all my fear

I'll hang you on my wall, my dear

So all the people know

That once love made my mind think clear

Through your face and glow

It passes.

I knew a girl who'd stand in rain

To rid herself of all her pain

From her face the tears would roll

Combined with rain to clean her soul

She could smile with delight

Shield herself, lose her sight

But she will pick it up tomorrow

And she will hold on to her sorrow

She'll put it back within it's place

Lock with-in her, her disgrace

Futile Efforts to Undermine

You may push against me now

Know you're but resistance

An eagle with one wing

You fall

Futile

I will soar above you

Shant neva hit no wall

Lifted above situation

Know I am the tall

You can't push me down

AH ha

You are but resistance

Let me give you some assurance

Though you're but a nuisance

Stop!

Fly in my coffee

Grain in my eye

Learn to speak

And not to lie

From these social wounds

You die

Yet I keep living

By and by

The ground you hit will be reality

Stand up!

And grab your sanity

Surely you will go the distance

Surpassing all this world's resistance